(06-15-2021, 01:22 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(06-15-2021, 01:15 PM)Race Bannon Wrote: Got it.  To paraphrase:  there are no trade-offs in building out an NFL roster.  Just do ALL THE THINGS.  Priorities?  Prioritize EVERYTHING.  Done.

Who are you paraphrasing? 

Not me. 

Please find me a coach that doesn't prioritize winning regardless of who is starting at QB. I'll wait. 

While you're at it - find me a front office that will go with their third choice at back-up QB instead of their second choice because "we aren't prioritizing a championship this season."  

LOL

The LOL was a nice, friendly touch. It's a joy to converse.

But anyway, to spell out it differently, the competing priorities are not "win championship, not win championship." The competing priorities are "value at position X, value at position Y." An NFL roster is a balance between different types of needs.

If Minshew has no trade value, it's an entirely moot point. Just keep him. But if you can strengthen your roster in a different way, by trading him then it becomes interesting. And finally, when the goals that are competing against each other are "now" and the "future," teams are put in the position of adding that into the mix.

For example, under your logic, the Jags should go hard after Aaron Rodgers. He is a better quarterback right now than Trevor. He is the answer to the question "Which quarterback would be a better choice if the goal is to win a championship this season." But that would be silly, for reasons that you know.

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